Pete’s Dragon 1977

Pete's Dragon 1977

Pete’s Dragon 1977

Pete’s Dragon 1977
G | 2h 8min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy | 3 November 1977 (USA)

Storyline:

In early-20th-century New England, 9-year-old orphan Pete escapes his brutal adoptive parents, the Gogans, with his only friend, a cartoon dragon named Elliott. They successfully escape to Passamaquoddy, Maine and live with lighthouse-keeper Nora and her father Lampie, but the corrupt Dr. Terminus seeks Elliott for medical purposes.

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Help, I Shrunk My Teacher 2015

Help, I Shrunk My Teacher 2015

Help, I Shrunk My Teacher 2015

Help, I Shrunk My Teacher 2015
Hilfe, ich hab meine Lehrerin geschrumpft (original title)
1h 30min | Action, Adventure, Comedy | 17 December 2015 (Germany)

Storyline:

The 11-year-old Felix has shrunk the hated school principal, Dr. Schmitt-Goessenwein, to a height of six inches. Together with his friend Ella, Felix has to get her back to her normal size, while his rival, Mario, tries to stop him. Otto Waalkes plays the ghost of the school’s founder.

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A trip to the Moon 2017

A trip to the Moon 2017

A trip to the Moon 2017

A trip to the Moon 2017
A Trip to the Moon (original title)
1h 27min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | 1 March 2018 (Argentina)

Storyline:

Tomas is an outcast young teenager trying to pass an exam. His family is constantly pressing him and her mother forces him to take antipsychotic drugs. In his need to escape, Tomas plans an intriguing trip to the moon. In this particular journey where reality and fiction mingles, he will disentangle an old family secret.

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Seduction Theory 2014

Seduction Theory 2014

Seduction Theory 2014

Seduction Theory 2014
22min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Storyline:

A darkly comic coming-of-age story of a boy, his psychiatrist father, and the girl he can’t get out of his mind. Set in the 1960s, the film is sharp, funny, and moving, with elements of Philip Roth, Woody Allen, and Salvador Dali. Directed by Oscar-nominee Steven Ascher, whose childhood bed was his father’s former psychiatric couch. Starring Tony-nominee Michael Cumpsty and Christian Goodwin.

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Life Is a Long Quiet River 1988

Life Is a Long Quiet River 1988

Life Is a Long Quiet River 1988

Life Is a Long Quiet River 1988
La vie est un long fleuve tranquille (original title)
1h 30min | Comedy | 3 February 1988 (France)

Storyline:

Two babies are switched at birth. When the mistake is discovered 12 years later, it leads to complications in the lives of both families. One family is affluent, with dutiful and (apparently) contented children. The other family is poor, with rambunctious (even delinquent) children, often hungry, but with lots of laughter in the house.

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Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging 2008

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging 2008

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging 2008

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging 2008
PG-13 | 1h 40min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 25 July 2008 (UK)

Storyline:

Angus the fluffy cat retains its dignity even in a crazy Eastbourne family, unlike them. Eldest daughter Georgia is completely besotted with ‘Stiff Dylans’ band hottie Robbie, who just moved in from London and helps run an organic groceries shop with his brother Tom, whom her best friend Jas has the hots for. Peter Dyer calls Georgia his best ever kissing-course pupil, but she ignores him and later the brothers’ other classmate Dave the Laugh. Robbie was considering to dump haughty Lindsay, but reconsiders given the immature brat’s apparent cruelty. Thus manipulative Georgia keeps changing her mind about a grand birthday party and her father’s career opportunities as engineer in New Zealand, while mother seems to flirt with hunky interior decorator Jem.

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